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Introduction to Korean-American Youth Assistance Coalition KAYAC (Korean-American Youth Assistance Coalition, Inc.) is a nonprofit association founded with the aim of supporting the next generation leaders in Korean American community. To second-generation Korean Americans, what makes KAYAC distinct from the other types of youth associations available in Korean American community pertains to its annual offer of motherland visit program that helps understand their root as the Korean descents, and furthermore, promote their participation in the mainstream society on the basis of the strong sense of Korean identity.

The essential foundation of an ethnic identity is its language, history, and culture. This is why we often observe the loss of ethnic identity to those who cannot speak in their own mother tongue and who are ignorant of their ethnic history and culture. Moreover, social environment of multi-cultural and ethnic New York makes it more difficult to maintain and develop the cultural tradition of an ethnic group. As well known from the case of Jewish New Yorkers, there is evidence that individual self-esteem and the accompanying success in the mainstream society heavily rely upon the ability to have good commands of both English and his/her mother tongue, coupled with the deep understanding of his/her ethnic history and culture. Just like the typical motherland visit program conducted by Jewish Americans, annually KAYAC offers an opportunity to visit Korea with no charge for some highly selected 9th and 10th grade Korean youths in North-east region.

In February 2000, KAYAC was founded and so far, 600 Korean American youths visited Korea under the auspices of KAYAC. Currently, the first group selected from KAYAC in 2000 is in a state of college junior. As another annual program, KAYAC has launched ivy-school (Cornell, Brown, Harvard, Yale and MIT) visit program from 2003 in order to encourage Korean American youths to be acquainted with these schools beforehand. Though less important, KAYAC provides scholarships periodically for some academically outstanding Korean American youths, as well.